The Sub-BMC is made up of thirteen (13) specialized sub-units with staff strength of about four hundred and ninety-two (492), and one hundred and fifty-three (153) inpatient bed complement.

The specialized sub-units include;

•       General Surgery                      Main operating Theatre                     

•       Neurosurgery                          Recovery ward

•       Anaesthesia unit                     Plastic surgery                       

•       Thoracic unit                           OPD-Specialist Clinic

•       Urology unit                           Oncology Unit

•       Intensive Care Unit                 Breast Clinic

•       Colorectal

VISION

•       To be the most preferred centre for advance cutting edge and technologically driven surgical care in Ghana.

MISSION

•       To provide affordable and accessible tertiary surgical care, training and research through competent, professionally minded and highly self-motivated staff.  

CORE FUNCTIONS

•       To provide advance/tertiary surgical health services.

•       To provide training for health professional in the areas of surgery.

•       To undertake research in areas of surgery.

v  SERVICES PROVIDED BY SUB-BMC

1.     General Surgery; Perform general surgeries as well as pre and post-operative care

2.     Intennsive Care Unit (ICU); Provide comprehensive care for critically ill patients

3.     Thoracic care; Provide treatment of disorders of organs of the chest/thorax area

4.     Plastic Surgery; Perform repairs/reconstruction of missing or damaged tissue and skin

5.     Neurosurgery; Perform surgeries and treatments for nervous system disorder

6.     Urology; Surgical care for diseases of the kidneys, bladder, prostate and reconstruction of the genito-urinary tract.

7.     Oncology; Provide surgical treatment for cancer patients

8.     Paediatric Surgery; Provide surgical care for children

9.     Specialist Out-Patient care; Provide specialist consultations in surgeries and related areas

v  DETAILS OF HOD

•   Full name & Professional Title: Dr Edwin Mwintiereh Ta-ang YENLI

•           Qualifications: MBChB, MGCS, FGCS, FICS

•   Rank: Senior Lecturer, Department of Surgery, UDS and Consultant Urologist, Tamale Teaching Hospital

•   Department: Surgery

•   Faculty/School: School of Medicine

•   Official Email Address (UDS): eyenli@uds.edu.gh

•   Alternate Email Address: mwintyus@yahoo.com

•   Phone Number(s): +233208162506

Scholarly Addresses

•   Research Gate Address: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Edwin_Yenli

•   LinkedIn Address: gh.linkedin.com/in/edwin-yenli-29ab6326

•           Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=new_articles&hl=en&imq=DR.+EDWIN+M.T.+YENLI#

Area(s) of Specialization:

Membership Surgery in General and Fellowship in Urology

Research Interests:

Infections in surgery, Uro-oncology, Urethral Strictures, Hypospadias, Urolithiasis, Hernia

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Dr Edwin Mwintiereh Ta-ang YENLI is a Senior lecturer at the Department of Surgery, School of Medicine (SoM), University for Development Studies (UDS). He worked at the SoM, at UDS, Tamale and The Tamale Teaching Hospital(TTH), Ghana, since 2010. Currently, he is the Head of the Department of Surgery at the SoM, UDS and the Tamale Teaching Hospital(TTH). He has over 15 years of professional/clinical working experience and over 10 years of teaching experience.  He holds a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB) degree from the University for Development Studies/Kwame Nkrumah University for Science and Technology (2004). He is a surgeon who holds a Membership Certificate in Surgery (2009) and a Fellowship Certificate in Surgery-Urology (2013) from the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons. His main areas of research include: inguinal hernia, surgical site infection, infection of the genitourinary tract, urethral stricture, hypospadias, cancers of the genitourinary tract, urolithiasis and nutrition in surgery. He has published over 40 scientific articles in peer review journals. He has made several presentations at local and international meetings. He collaborated with NIHR Global Surgery/University of Birmingham/University of Edinburg on research titled “Pragmatic multicenter FActorial randomized controlled triaL testing measures to reduCe surgical site infection in lOw- and middle-income countries (FALCON)”. He is an advocate for Minimal Invasive and Endourological Surgery in Northern Ghana and performed the early cases of laparoscopic surgery at the Tamale Teaching Hospital. Subsequently, he established laparoscopic and endourology surgical practice at the Kabsad Scientific Hospital in Tamale, the Homeland Hospital in Wa and the Ultima Platz Hospital in Zuarongo, Bolgatanga.

II. EDUCATION

•           Fellow, International College of Surgeons (FICS), 2019 

•           Fellow, Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons (FGCS), Accra, Ghana, 2013

•   Member, Surgery in General, Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons, (MGCS), 2009,      Accra, Ghana

MBChB, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, 2004, Kumasi, Ghana

v  MEDICAL EDUCATION

Surgery Sub-BMC provides the following training programs in the hospital

A.    Accredited Membership training

i.               Membership, Surgery in General- Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons (GCPS)

ii.              Membership, Surgery in General-West African College of Surgeons (WACS)

B.    Accredited Fellowship training

i.               General Surgery- Fellowship (GCPS and WACS)

ii.              Urology- Fellowship (GCPS)

iii.            Neurosurgery-Fellowship (GCPS)